SLP Open – Projects Accepting Proposals

The projects on this page have been submitted as SLP Open: all Service Providers accepted on the SLP can view and apply to the projects below. To submit a Proposal for any of the Terms of Reference listed below, please click on the ‘Apply now’ link.

Projects

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Vanilla Value Chain: Increasing Smallholder Farmer Productivity

Name of organization: Natural Extract Industries Ltd. (NEI)

Service(s) required to deliver project:
• Research and analysis on smallholder farmers (SHFs)
• SHF training content development
• SHF training pilot testing and analysis
• Training programme improvement

Project location(s): Tanzania: Arusha, Kagera, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Morogoro

Project overview: The objective of this workstream is to increase vanilla SHF productivity through the research and design of improved farmer training strategies. Productivity among SHFs is highly variable, with average productivity being too low compared to theoretical potential yields. The behavioural productivity drivers at farmer level are unclear…

ToR closing date: 31 January 2020 (13H00 UTC)

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Vanilla Value Chain: Reducing Smallholder Supply Risk Through Access to Finance

Name of organization: Natural Extract Industries Ltd. (NEI)

Service(s) required to deliver project:
• Research and analysis on smallholder farmers (SHFs)
• Identification of financial services for SHFs
• Pilot testing of financial services for SHFs
• SHF Access to Finance (A2F) programme design

Project location(s): Tanzania: Arusha, Kagera, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Morogoro

Project overview: The objective of this workstream is to decrease vanilla smallholder supply risk through improved access to finance for farming households. Many farmers need cash several months before the vanilla harvest season, incentivising them to prematurely harvest the vanilla and side-sell it to middlemen, as they deeply discount future income streams. This is one of the main challenges that NEI faces in securing higher…

ToR closing date: 31 January 2020 (13H00 UTC)

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Vanilla Value Chain: Scaling Smallholder Service Delivery

Name of organization: Natural Extract Industries Ltd. (NEI)

Service(s) required to deliver project:
• Service model development for Smallholder farmers (SHFs)
• Distributed business model development and financial modelling
• Business model pilot testing

Project location(s): Tanzania: Arusha, Kagera, Kilimanjaro, Mbeya, Morogoro

Project overview: The project’s objective is to scale NEI’s smallholder services through the development of a decentralized extension model, using Vanilla Centres of Excellence (VCoEs). NEI’s current operating model, based on extension services provided by field staff to SHFs, is heavily labour-intensive and results in very high cost-to-serve over the life of the vanilla vines. To address this, NEI proposes using technology to design, test and roll out a new farmer-led extension service operating model that can be scaled in a more cost-efficient…

ToR closing date: 31 January 2020 (13H00 UTC)

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